Sacred Arias (Katherine Jenkins album)
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Sacred Arias is the sixth album by Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins
, released on 20 October 2008 in the UK. It is her final album with the Universal Music label.
A Deluxe Edition containing a second disc was also released. This contains the first chapter of Jenkins' autobiography, Time to Say Hello
, read by Jenkins herself.
After the first week of release Sacred Arias was at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart
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Katherine Jenkins
Katherine Jenkins is a Welsh mezzo-soprano. She is a classical-popular crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns.-Early life and education:...
, released on 20 October 2008 in the UK. It is her final album with the Universal Music label.
A Deluxe Edition containing a second disc was also released. This contains the first chapter of Jenkins' autobiography, Time to Say Hello
Time to Say Hello
Time to Say Hello: The Autobiography is a 2008 autobiography by Katherine Jenkins. It was published in hardback in January 2008 by Orion Books.It was released on paperback on 5 February 2009....
, read by Jenkins herself.
After the first week of release Sacred Arias was at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
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Track listing
- "Abide with MeAbide With MeThe hymn tune most often used with this hymn is "Eventide" composed by William Henry Monk in 1861.Alternate tunes include:* "Abide with Me," Henry Lyte, 1847* "Morecambe", Frederick C...
" (Henry Francis LyteHenry Francis LyteHenry Francis Lyte was a Scottish Anglican divine and hymn-writer.-Youth and education:Henry Francis Lyte was born to Thomas and Anna Maria Lyte on a farm at Ednam, near Kelso, Scotland...
, arr. Simon Franglen) - 4:36 - "Pie JesuPie JesuPie Jesu is a motet derived from the final couplet of the Dies irae and often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass. The settings of the Requiem Mass by Luigi Cherubini, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, John Rutter, Karl Jenkins and Fredrik Sixten include a Pie Jesu as an independent...
" (Andrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
) - 3:39 - "The Lord is My ShepherdPsalm 23In the 23rd Psalm in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, the writer describes God as his Shepherd. The text, beloved by Jews and Christians alike, is often alluded to in popular media and has been set to music....
" (Howard GoodallHoward Goodall210px|thumb|Howard Goodall at St. John the Baptist Church in Devon, United Kingdom, May 2009Howard Lindsay Goodall CBE is a British composer of musicals, choral music and music for television...
/Sacred text) - 2:57 - "Down in the River to Pray" (Traditional, arr. Steven Baker, Simon Franglen) - 3:00
- "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You" (Meredith WillsonMeredith WillsonRobert Meredith Willson was an American composer, songwriter, conductor and playwright, best known for writing the book, music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical The Music Man...
) - 4:36 - "Hallelujah" (Leonard CohenLeonard CohenLeonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
) - 4:47 - "Panis AngelicusPanis AngelicusPanis angelicus is the penultimate strophe of the hymn Sacris solemniis written by Saint Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of Corpus Christi as part of a complete liturgy of the Feast including prayers for the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours....
" (César Franck, arr. Simon Franglen) - 2:40 - "In ParadisumIn paradisumIn paradisum is an antiphon from the traditional Latin liturgy of the Western Church Requiem Mass. It is sung by the choir as the body is being taken out of the church...
" (Gabriel FauréGabriel FauréGabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers...
, arr. Simon Franglen) - 3:14 - "Silent NightSilent Night"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...
" (Franz Gruber, arr. Simon Franglen, Nicholas Dodd, Joseph Mohr) - 4:41 - "Ave Maria" (Simon LindleySimon LindleySimon Lindley is a British organist, choirmaster, conductor and composer. He has been organist at Leeds Town Hall since 1976 and Master of the Music and organist of Leeds Parish Church since 1975. Senior Lecturer in Music at Leeds Polytechnic from 1976 to 1987, Lindley held the post of Senior...
) - 3:51 - "Misa Criolla: Kyrie" (Ariel RamirezAriel RamirezAriel Ramírez was an Argentine composer, pianist and music director. He was considered "a chief exponent of Argentine folk music" and noted for his "iconic" musical compositions....
, arr. Alejandro Mayol, Osvaldo Armando Catena, Jesús Gabriel Segrad) - 3:54 - "Agnus Dei" (Samuel BarberSamuel BarberSamuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music...
) - 6:28
Personnel
- Simon Franglen - producer, arrangement, keyboards and programming
- Jon Bailey - engineer and mixer
- Nick Cervonaro - assistant engineer
- Geoff Foster - engineer
- Chris Barrett - assistant engineer
- Tony Cousins - mastered by, at Metropolis Mastering
- Andrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
- orchestral arrangement - Howard GoodallHoward Goodall210px|thumb|Howard Goodall at St. John the Baptist Church in Devon, United Kingdom, May 2009Howard Lindsay Goodall CBE is a British composer of musicals, choral music and music for television...
- orchestral arrangement - Nicholas Dodd - orchestral arrangement and conductor
- Daniel RobertsDaniel RobertsDaniel Roberts, born 1969, in New York City, is a playwright, editor and educator.-Early life and career:Daniel graduated with a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. He edited the literary magazine Press from 1995–2001...
- music transcription - Jonathan Rathbone - music transcription
- Steve Baker - piano, organ, music transcription and choral arrangement
- The London Session Orchestra
- Isobel Griffiths - orchestral contractor
- The Crouch End Festival ChorusCrouch End Festival ChorusCrouch End Festival Chorus is a symphonic choir based in Crouch End, a northern suburb of London. CEFC was formed in 1984 by John Gregson and David Temple, who remains the choir's conductor...
- David TempleDavid TempleDavid Temple is a British conductor and musical director of Crouch End Festival Chorus which he has conducted at the Barbican Centre, Royal Festival Hall and Symphony Hall, Birmingham...
- musical director and conductor - Geoffrey Kemball-Cook - music librarian
- Steve James - general manager
- Tony Wren - arrangements manager
- David Temple
- James Fitzpatrick - choral contractor
- The Rodolfus ChoirRodolfus ChoirThe Rodolfus Choir was founded by Ralph Allwood in 1984. It is a scratch choir of singers aged 25 and younger, primarily selected from members of the Eton Choral Courses...
- Ralph AllwoodRalph AllwoodRalph Allwood was the Precentor and Director of Music at Eton College in the UK until September 2011. He is a British conductor and has set up many musical events, including the Eton Choral Courses of which there are now seven a year....
- musical director and conductor - James Oldfield - choir manager
- Ralph Allwood
- Steffan Hughes - treble
- Gary Kettel - traditional tenor drum